Lecture
Schedule
Class
Meeting Schedule
Note: WCD refers
to W.C. Dickison text; PA refers to CD ROM
Plant Anatomy Guide
on a computer in the lab; other references detailed in bibliography
below.
Lecture
notes are in PowerPoint format. Choose Online to
view the notes on the web or Download to save the
PowerPoint file to your computer.
Jump to section 2,
3, 4, references
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WEEK |
DATE |
TOPIC |
READING Complete
Before Class |
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Section 1 Introduction and Overview |
|
1 |
Jan
26 |
Lecture:
Introduction to Plant Form and Function Plants as
Modular Units
Online
Download |
Niklas
1992 pp1-9; 14-47); Ackerly and Monson 2003 |
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Jan
28 |
Lecture:
Plant Cell Walls and Membranes
Online
Download |
WCD
pp 1 50 |
|
2 |
Feb
2 |
Lecture:
Primary Plant Body - Meristems
Online
Download |
WCD
pp 51 - 65 |
| Feb
4 |
Lecture:
Plant Tissues - Epidermis
Online
Download
(filesize 11mb)
|
WCD
pp 66 74;
(Brewer et al. 1991) File size >500kb |
|
3 |
Feb
9 |
Lecture:
Plant Tissue Types - Structural
Online
Download
Research Paper Assignment (Word document)
Research Paper Ideas (Word document) |
WCD
pp 75 - 84 |
| Feb
11 |
Lecture:
Plant Tissues Conducting
Online
Download
DUE Topic for Research Paper |
WCD
pp 85 116; (Sperry
2003) PDF file 2mb |
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Section 2 Nonvascular
and
Vascular Aquatic Plants
Top
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|
4 |
Feb
16 |
NO
CLASS PRESIDENTS DAY HOLIDAY |
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Feb
18 |
Lecture:
Comparative Anatomy of Early Non-vascular Plants
Online
Download |
Niklas
1997 pp 153 - 165 |
|
5 |
Feb
23 |
Lecture:
Plants in Water and at its Margins
Online
Download
Example of Annotated Bibliography (Word document) |
Niklas
1997 pp 215 - 250; |
|
Feb
25 |
Lecture:
Adaptations of Aquatic Plants
Study Guide for Lecture Exam (Word document)
DUE Annotated Bibliography 75
points |
To
be determined;
(Brewer &
Parker 1991) |
|
6 |
Mar
1 |
Lecture:
Bryophytes
Online
Download |
|
|
Section 3 -
Invasion of Terrestrial Habitats: Structure of the Primary
and Secondary Plant Body in Terrestrial Plants
Top
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Mar
3 |
Lecture:
Midterm Exam
1 |
Niklas
1997 pp 215 - 250 |
|
7 |
Mar
8 |
Lecture:
Invasion of Terrestrial Habitats
Tissue Organization of Stems
Online
Download (Filesize
>15mb) |
WCD
121 - 142 |
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Mar
10 |
Lecture:
Tissue Organization of Leaves
Online
Download (Filesize
>15mb) |
Technique
from Brewer 1997 |
|
8 |
Mar
15 |
Lecture:
Roots
Online
Download
DUE: Research
Paper for Peer Review |
WCD
142 - 157 |
| Mar
17 |
Lecture:
Secondary Plant Body
Online
Download
DUE: Peer review
rating 50 points |
WCD
161 - 186 |
|
9 |
Mar
22 |
Lecture:
Secondary Plant Body Comparative Anatomy of Monocots
and Dicots
Online
Download |
WCD
186 - 201 |
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Mar
24 |
Lecture:
Wood Structure and Function Guest Lecture (PA
Wood)
Online
Download |
WCD
400 - 409 |
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Mar
26 |
DUE:
First submission of research paper for grading at 5:00
pm in Brewers mailbox 150 points |
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|
10 |
Mar 29 |
NO CLASS SPRING BREAK |
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Mar 31 |
|
11 |
Apr
5 |
Lecture:
Flowers and Floral Morphology
Online
Download |
WCD
Ch 6 |
|
Apr
7 |
Lecture:
Flowers and Floral Morphology
Lab Practicum 2 Study Guide (Word document)
Lecture Exam 2 Study Guide (Word document) |
WCD
Ch 6 |
|
12 |
Apr
12 |
Lecture:
Midterm
Exam 2
Lab: PracticUM
Exam 2 |
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Section 4 Putting
the Plant Back Together Functional Morphology and
Interdisciplinary Frontiers
Top
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Apr
14 |
Lecture:
Structure and Function
DUE Final
submission of term paper for regarding 150 points
weighted average |
WCD
259 - 284 |
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Apr
16-17 |
Attendance
at UM-Conference on Undergraduate Research
DUE: Final Team
Research Proposal by 5:00 pm 25 points |
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|
13 |
Apr
19 |
Lecture:
Ecological Anatomy: Comparative Leaf Morphology in Different
Habitats Krantz Anatomy for CO2 Acquisition
Online
Download |
WCD
295 312;
(Keeley and Rundel
2003) |
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Apr
21 |
Lecture:
Functional Morphology of Aquatic Macrophytes
Online
Download |
To
be determined; Brewer and Parker 1990; Koehl 1982 |
|
14 |
Apr
26 |
Lecture:
Ecological Anatomy: Krantz Anatomy and CO2
uptake in terrestrial and aquatic environments
Online
Download
|
To
be determined;
WCD 267 - 272 |
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Apr
28 |
Lecture:
Ecological Anatomy
Online
Download |
Smith
et al. 1997 |
|
15 |
May
3 |
Lecture:
Ecological Anatomy
Online
Download |
To
be determined |
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May
5 |
Lecture:
Global Change and Signals in Plant Structures |
WCD
Chapter 14 |
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16 |
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FINALS
WEEK Monday
May 10, 3:20 5:20 pm
DUE: Personal Essay 50 points
DUE: Take home
final due on or before the scheduled final exam meeting
time 150 points |
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Selected References Additional References
Will Be Added During Semester:
Akerly,
D.D. and R.K. Monson. 2003. Waking the sleeping
giant: the evolutionary foundations of plant
function. International Journal of Plant Sciences 164:S1-S6.
Brewer,
C.A. and W.K. Smith.
1997. Patterns of leaf surface wetness for montane and
subalpine plants. Plant, Cell and Environment.
20:1-11.
Brewer,
C.A. 1996.
Whats so bad about being wet all over: investigating
the ecological significance of leaf surface wetness. American
Biology Teacher 58:414-417.
Brewer,
C.A. and W.K. Smith.
1995. Leaf surface wetness and gas exchange in the pond
lily Nuphar polysepalum (Nymphaeacea). American
Journal of Botany 82:1271-1277.
Brewer,
C.A. 1995. Biology
on the rack: a simple device to measure tensile strength.
American Biology Teacher 57:168-170.
Brewer,
C.A., W.K. Smith and
T.C. Vogelmann. 1991. Functional interaction between leaf
trichomes, leaf wettability, and the optical properties of
water droplets. Plant, Cell and Environment 14:955‑962.
Brewer,
C.A. and M. Parker.
1990. Adaptations of macrophytes to life in moving water:
upslope limits and mechanical properties of stems. Hydrobiologia
194:133‑142.
Givnish,
T.J. 1986. On the economy of plant form and function.
Cambridge University Press, NY.
Keeley,
J.E. and P.E. Rundel. 2003. Evolution of CAM and
C4 carbon concentrating mechanisms. International
Journal of Plant Sciences 164:S55-S77.
Koehl,
M.A.R. and S.A. Wainwright. 1982. The interaction
of moving water and sessile organisms. Scientific American
247:124-134.
Koehl,
M. A. R. (1986) Seaweeds in moving water: Form and mechanical
function. pp. 603-634, In T. J. Givnish [ed.], On the Economy
of Plant Form and Function. Cambridge University Press.
Niklas,
K.J. 1997. The Evolutionary Biology of Plants.
University of Chicago
Press, Chicago IL.
Niklas,
K.J. 1992. Plant Biomechanics: an engineering approach
to plant form and function. of Chicago Press, Chicago
IL.
Sjφlund,
R.D. 1997. The phloem sieve element: a river runs through
it. Plant Cell 9:1137-1146.
Slaton,
MR and WK Smith. 2002. Mesophyll architecture and cell exposure
to intercellular air space in desert, alpine, and forest species.
International Journal of Plant Sciences 163: 937-948.
Smith,
W.K. and C.A. Brewer.
1994. The adaptive importance of conifer shoot and crown architecture.
American Naturalist 143:528‑532.
Smith,
W.K., T.C. Vogelmann, E.H. DeLucia, D.T. Bell, and K.A. SHepart.
1997. Leaf from and photosynthesis. BioScience
47:785-793.
Sperry,
J,S, 2003. Evolution of water transport and xylem structure.
International Journal of Plant Sciences 164:S115-S127.
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